Films like Staying Alive (1983)

Staying Alive (1983) is drama, music, romance. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  9 Songs (2004)

  Also drama and music. 5.5/10

  Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a…

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  The Idea of You (2024)

  Also drama and music. 7.2/10

  40-year-old single mom Solène begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. As they begin a…

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  A Star Is Born (2018)

  Also drama and music. 7.5/10

  Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack…

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  CODA (2021)

  Also drama and music. 7.9/10

  As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing…

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  The Sound of Music (1965)

  Also drama and music. 7.7/10

  In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new…

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  Dirty Dancing (1987)

  Also drama and music. 7.3/10

  Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of…

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  High Strung (2016)

  Also drama and music. 7.0/10

  When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip…

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  Walk the Line (2005)

  Also drama and music. 7.5/10

  A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside…

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  Coyote Ugly (2000)

  Also drama and music. 6.3/10

  Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and…

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  The History of Sound (2025)

  Also drama and music. 6.9/10

  In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in…

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  Step Up (2006)

  Also drama and music. 6.9/10

  Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming…

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  Moulin Rouge! (2001)

  Also drama and music. 7.5/10

  A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged…

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  The High Note (2020)

  Also drama and music. 7.0/10

  Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked…

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  Song Sung Blue (2025)

  Also drama and music. 7.4/10

  Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

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  Step Up All In (2014)

  Also drama and music. 6.8/10

  All-stars from previous installments convene in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

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  Drumline (2002)

  Also drama and music. 7.0/10

  A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before…

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  Begin Again (2014)

  Also drama and music. 7.2/10

  Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

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  Bedways (2010)

  Also drama and music. 4.6/10

  A huge, run-down apartment in Berlin Mitte. Two women and a man, rehearsals for a movie about love and sex, that will never be shot. Acting and reality mingle into a dangerous…

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  High Fidelity (2000)

  Also drama and music. 7.1/10

  After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".

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  Step Up Revolution (2012)

  Also drama and music. 6.9/10

  Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's…

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  Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

  Also drama and music. 6.7/10

  When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she…

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  Sing Street (2016)

  Also drama and music. 7.9/10

  A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

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  I Still Believe (2020)

  Also drama and music. 7.6/10

  The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

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  Shall We Dance? (1996)

  Also drama and music. 7.5/10

  A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how…